Two cases of cellulitis in the course of african tick bite fever: A fortuitous association?

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-142

  Bouvresse, Sophie ^a   Del Giudice, Pascal ^b   Franck, Nathalie ^a   Buffet, Marc ^a   Avril, Marie Françoise ^a   Mondain, Véronique ^c   Rolain, Jean Marc ^d   Raoult, Didier ^d   Dupin, Nicolas ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Frejus Saint Raphael   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

African tick bite fever; Cellulitis; Dermohypodermitis; Inoculation eschar; Leflunomide; Rickettsia africae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; OXACILLIN;

AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SHIVERING; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CELLULITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 49649104757     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134916     Document Type: Article

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